David Fincher’s adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo opens with an intense, aggressive, dynamic, pansexual, twisted credit sequence. It’s a series of appealingly grotesque images; inky silhouette figures mixing and morphing and blending into each other, scored to the wild industrial howl of Karen O and Trent Reznor’s urgent cover version of Led [...]
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Now on DVD: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (US, 2011).
Posted: May 22, 2012 in Books, Motorcycles, Movies (G), Violence, Winter1
I’m revisiting this piece I wrote on The Passage because the next book in the projected trilogy is due out in a month. There’s not much chance I’ll re-read the first book before then (it’s long, and besides, I gave my copy to someone else to read), so my summary will have to do. If [...]
31 FLAVORS OF HORROR: DRACULA, by Bram Stoker (1897)..
Posted: October 3, 2011 in 31 Flavors Of Horror, Bats, Books, Vampires, WolvesI once read an interview with the author of Twilight where she proudly claimed to have never read Dracula. In case you’re wondering why people like myself who are normally more open-minded about junk culture have no respect for the Twilight phenomenon and won’t bother to read the books, this is one very strong reason [...]
Werewolves, Part One.
Posted: June 25, 2011 in Books, Movies, Movies (N), Movies (S), Movies (W), WerewolvesThe Wolfman was just on TCM. What a fantastic way to lead off a Saturday morning! Anyway it reminded me of this piece I wrote, all the way back in 2008, which remains one of the better things I’ve uploaded to the internet thus far. But it hasn’t appeared on my own website, until now… A [...]
TRAILER: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (USA).
Posted: June 6, 2011 in Books, Movies (G), Trailers.This trailer made a huge impression on the internet last week. So it’s only natural that I would wait several days to post it. For my next trick, I’m going to post nude pictures of myself and send them to a select few of my Twitter followers. Do I know how to boost my [...]
What I Watched 2.17.11: True Grit.
Posted: February 24, 2011 in Books, Movies (T), Westerns, What I WatchedSaw True Grit again. Had the time and the inclination, so I did it. One thing that cracks me up is that this is the Coens’ idea of a kids’ movie (*). I completely approve, don’t get me wrong, but it brings to mind the notion of a Clint Eastwood Preparatory School For Girls. (Actually, [...]
This is a preliminary posting. I will have more to say soon enough. This book is sitting on my desk right now and I’m super-excited to read it. Here’s what I had to say about The Strain, the first part of this trilogy. What will I have to say about the second? Will it be The Empire [...]
Read what I had to say about this unusual, original, and entertaining epic horror novel.
Good horror hits paperback today. Reading is fundamental and shit. The Strain. (Not to be confused with the dance that Screech and Lisa Turtle won the dance contest with, not the parkway upon which New Yorkers are consigned to during rush hour, and you definitely shouldn’t do it when you’re pooping.)
